The Jewel Box Garden - Hardcover

Hobbs

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881926469 ISBN 13: 9780881926460

Verlag: Timber Press, 2004

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Book by Thomas Hobbs

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Guides readers in designing their own outdoor sanctuaries. Stunning photographs, superlative advice on design and planting. Most outstanding inspirationally ... an elegant plea for 'cohesive' gardening. This is the most exciting garden book published in the past year. -- Dulcy Mahar "Oregonian" (11/25/2004) A treasure trove of unexpected compositions ... useful for every space. -- Bobbie Schwartz "Buckeye" (07/11/2004) "The Jewel Box Garden" is an irreverent and enjoyable gem of a book. -- Ian Adama "American Gardener" (10/06/2004) No one will fail to be inspired to endeavor to create in his or her own garden. -- John E. Bryan "Gardening Newsletter" (04/24/2004) If you are looking for literary dessert, this garden book is it. -- Vanessa Nagel "Hardy Plant Society of Oregon Newsletter" (08/16/2004) Hobbs encourages readers to look at gardens with the intent of making them dramatically beautiful. -- Suzanne Hively "Cleveland Plain Dealer" (04/08/2004) Positively awesome images and intuitive text distinguish this gorgeous book that glows with color and energy. -- Lynette Walther "Palatka Daily News" (12/03/2005) Yet another exquisite creation from the hand, heart and eye of self-confessed plant obsessive Thomas Hobbs. -- Nori and Sandra Pope "Garden's Monthly" (11/28/2004) The most enjoyable kind of 'eye candy' ... one can't help but be inspired. -- Melissa Clark "Association of Professional Landscape Designers Newsletter" (08/04/2004) Just one look at this gem and you will be hard-pressed not to want to use some of the ideas in the book. -- Barney Lipscomb "Sida, Contributions to Botany" (10/14/2004) I highly recommend this book, both to those who garden and to those who want to know more about an interesting man. -- Caroline McCullagh "Let's Talk Plants" (05/04/2005) I can't think of any book that would do a better job of taking a gardener safely through the winter doldrums. -- Ethel Fried "Manchester (CT) Journal Inquirer" (12/11/2004) Author Hobbs' life-as-we-dream-it philosophy cheerfully abounds throughout the inspiring pages of this jewel of a book, a creative dream within a dream for gardeners everywhere. Hobbs believes a bit of 'set-dec' is crucial in all forms of gardening and you will find many of these ideas very pleasing and peaceful. -- Joanne S. Carpender "National Gardener" (05/10/2004) A really good book is one that inspires me and causes me to take action, and this book has done that in spades ... I would highly recommend this book. -- Petra McLean "Plant Master" (09/01/2005) Take one part gardening expertise and one part eye for beauty and you get 'gardening as theater, ' the theme for this beautiful little book. -- Marge Howard-Jones "California Garden" (06/09/2004) His design ideas are exciting and his use of bold colors is well-suited to our hot climate where paler colors don't stand up well to August sun. -- Linda Hillegass "Spring Affair News" (03/22/2005) An unabashed revel in aesthetics, complemented by McDonald's large and luscious photos on every page. . . It gets my vote for the most beautiful garden book of the year. -- Valerie Easton "Seattle Times" (03/29/2004) Read him to soak up a shot of inspiration from his color-saturated pictures, his unabashed enthusiasm, and his willingness to make his garden a very personal expression. -- Linda Hillegass "Fine Gardening" (02/16/2005) I have been inspired to go right out and find the ruffled but tender succulent "Echeveria" for my own garden, thanks to the inspiration of this jewel of a book. -- Marianne Binetti "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" (04/15/2004) Each of the delightfully penned chapters is an inspiring essay expressing Hobbs' jeweled ideas about gardening. Delicious to think about. Satisfying to read. A sweet indulgence. -- Debra Prinzing "Everett Herald" (04/08/2004) Hobbs offers a view of gardening that is intense, lavish, spectacular, brilliant, sexy and a fabulous vision of what can be achieved when culture, cash and climate combine. -- Trevor Nottle "Torrens Valley Center for Horticulture" (03/29/2004) [Hobbs] continues to shake up the gardening [world] by challenging people to cast the usual ho-hum garden design rules aside for a refreshing approach...in Hobbs' able hands, the garden as a sanctuary takes on a whole new meaning. -- Connie Krochmal "Bella Online" (08/23/2005) Hobbs skillfully weaves in his garden-based personal philosophy and even includes the touching story of how he acquired his home: a 1933 Mission Revival-style house with a big view in Vancouver, Canada. It's a wonderful illustration of someone who knows how to take his own advice: someone who has created his own life as he dreamed it could be. -- Linda Richards "January Magazine" (03/02/2004) Few individuals, sadly, are born with the innate ability to assemble plants and objects into the endlessly appealing and entertaining gardens that appear in Tom's latest book, "The Jewel Box Garden." For those lacking that skill, his book provides inspiration through photography, which can only be described as stunning, and through text that, though remarkably brief, is crisp and informative - and ever-so-personal. Hobbes writes subjectively and forcefully (and, often, funnily), and his essays end up becoming a how-to that comes upon you unawares. David McDonald's photography is saturated with teachable moments, unlike the window dressing of so many garden books. -- Craig Summers Black "50Plus Lifestyles" (04/01/2006) With provocative and highly original ideas and stunning photography, this book encourages gardeners to tap into their creativity.

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The Jewel Box Garden is a luscious, full-colour book that features 160 new and startling photos by renowned garden photographer David McDonald.

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• Verlag: Timber Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0881926469
• ISBN 13: 9780881926460
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176